A sure sign a title is in trouble is when the reprint makes the cover. And it wasn't even a very good reprint. There are plenty of better Kirby monsters they could have used. And Wally Wood should have made the cover.

We had some fun with Titano. Here's another, much more well-known Titano. The movie "Titano versus Titano" would seem to be a natural. I'd pay to see that. Superman #127 is dated February 1959 and #138 is July 1960. Marvel's Titano originally appeared in Tales to Astonish #10, July 1960.

Here are the covers to Tower of Shadows #7 (September 1970) and Tales to Astonish #10 (July 1960) featuring "I was Trapped by Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!" The GCD notes that the original was by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and that Marie Severin did alterations for the 1970 version. I wonder what the rationale was for the cover changes, beside redoing the word balloons which would have looked dated in 1970. I like the original better.

Changes were made on all of the old covers that were reprinted back then, usually by Marie Severin. She made alterations to Groot as well. For awhile she was getting a lot of the covers for the company.

Dave Palmer said:

Here are the covers to Tower of Shadows #7 (September 1970) and Tales to Astonish #10 (July 1960) featuring "I was Trapped by Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!" The GCD notes that the original was by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and that Marie Severin did alterations for the 1970 version. I wonder what the rationale was for the cover changes, beside redoing the word balloons which would have looked dated in 1970. I like the original better.